Chapter 12
Spyro had just freed the ice guardian Cyril from his bounds, "My word, I never believed that I would one day meet a purple dragon, tell my what is you name young one" said Cyril, "I'm Spyro sir" replied Spyro.
"Spyro you say, well allow me to introduce myself, I am Cyril master of the ice element and descendant of a long line of legendary heroes" said Cyril in a proud and somewhat arrogant voice.
Before Spyro could say anything he heard a voice behind him, "Spyro you did it, you beat that stone thingy", Spyro turned around to see Sparks flying towards him closely followed by Kane and the Atlawas.
Suddenly most of the Atlawas began to bow down to Spyro as if he was some type of god, "What's going on" asked Spyro in confusion, "My people thought of the Stone sentinel as their god and protector, but now that you have defeated him they want to worship you instead" explained Kane.
"Worship now this is more like it, a little recognise for once" said Sparks happily, "Kane, I'm flattered but I can't stay here, I have to get Cyril back to the temple, the other guardians are waiting for us" said Spyro.
"Yes while we would love to be a part of your barbaric society, I'm afraid we have far more important things to do" said Cyril, Kane pretended not to hear the ice guardians words "Though I am sad to see you go I will say that I understand, and remember you are always welcome here Spyro the great purple dragon" he said with respect in his voice.
"Oh my humble subjects I am the mighty Sparks and I will be happy to accept any and all gifts my may offer me" said Sparks oblivious to what everyone was saying or of the fact that the Atlawas wanted to worship Spyro and not him.
After Spyro and Cyril finally managed to convince Sparks to leave Tall plains the three began to fly back to the Dragon temple, along the way Cyril had many questions about Spyro and what had happened to the world during his time in captivity, Spyro answered Cyril's questions the best he could although he did say that Ignitus would know more about the world's current state that he did.
Once Cyril's last question had been answered he spent the rest of the journey telling Spyro story's about the countless battles he had fought in and won, Cyril's story's started to became increasingly exaggerated and Spyro began to doubt whether any of them was true at all.
By the time the three arrived at the temple it was night time and Sparks could hardly keep his eyes open, the three landed on one of the balconies and found Ignitus and Volteer waiting for them inside.
"Remarkable, I must say Spyro I am truly astonished that you was able to liberate our companion Cyril within the timespan of only a single day" said Volteer very quickly, Cyril seemed to be annoyed by Volteer's rambling, "Volteer, I see that months of imprisonment and torture have done little to slow that electric tongue of yours" he said.
"Me? Well what about you, I see that your exasperating ego is as overinflated as it ever was" said Volteer, Cyril was angered by this "How dare you, I'll have you know that I have every reason to", "WILL THE TWO OF YOU PLEASE SHUT UP" shouted Ignitus causing both Cyril and Volteer to fall silent.
"Now than Cyril, during your imprisonment did Cynder bring a crystal to you, one that may have drained you elemental powers" asked Ignitus now much calmer, "Yes she did, she retrieved it mere moments before Spyro here rescued me, though if it wasn't for that blasted crystal I would have eventually escaped on my own" said Cyril.
Ignitus's face had turned to one of pure horror, "Ignitus what's wrong, do you know what Cynder's planning" asked Spyro, "Yes, I fear that Cynder may be planning to use the guardian's powers to open a portal that should never be opened" said Ignitus with fear in his voice.
Both Volteer and Cyril seemed to become just as terrified as Ignitus was "Ignitus please tell me your not thinking what I think you're thinking" said Volteer, "What, what's he thinking, is it bad, I'm guessing it's bad" said Sparks.
"It is far worse than just bad, I believe that Cynder may be planning to open a portal to release the Dark master" said Ignitus, "Ignitus who's the Dark master" asked Spyro though he was a little hesitant to find out.
"The Dark master, he is the leader of the apes and the one who started this terrible war, he was sealed away many hundreds of years ago, but if he was to be freed than I doubt that anyone would be safe" said Ignitus.
"So what exactly is this Dark master, some kind of one hundred foot monster" asked Sparks, Ignitus shook his head "I cannot say, all of the records of who the Dark master truly is have long since been lost, though I have always imagined him to be a gigantic ape with dark magical abilities" he said.
"If he's really as bad as you say he is than we have to stop Cynder before she frees him" said Spyro, "Yes we must rescue the last guardian before its too late" said Ignitus.
"Spyro go and rest up for tomorrow, I need to speak with the other guardians" said Ignitus, Spyro nodded and headed towards his room to try and get a full night's sleep, Sparks feeling just as tired as Spyro was left as well
Ignitus turned to Volteer and Cyril all three of them looked extremely worried, "Ignitus you do realise that if the Dark master was to escape than it would likely lead to the extermination of all dragon kind, perhaps even the destruction of the world" said Volteer, "For once I agree with you, we must do everything in our power to stop Cynder before it's too late" said Cyril.
"Yes I know, but I fear that nether of you two will regain your powers quickly enough to help" said Ignitus sadly, both Volteer and Cyril looked sadly to the ground, they both know that they was of no use in their current state.
"So what's your plan, assuming you have one of cause" asked Cyril, Ignitus sighed "Tomorrow Cyril can teach Spyro anything he can about the ice element, then Spyro should leave during the evening to rescue Terrador" he said.
Cyril didn't seem to be satisfied with this idea, "Have you gone mad, how do you expect me to teach that boy the fine arts of ice in only a few hours" he said, "Just teach him the basics" said an annoyed Ignitus.
The next day Spyro spent the majority of the morning training with Cyril, with Cyril's help Spyro eventually learned how to breath ice at will, Cyril wanted to continue Spyro's training but the two was interrupted by Ignitus.
"I'm sorry to cut your training short but we can't afford to wait any longer, please came to the pool of visions immediately" said Ignitus, when Spyro and Cyril reached the pool of visions they found Ignitus, Volteer and Sparks waiting for them.
"So I guess it's time to rescue the last guardian" said Spyro, "Yes, the last guardian, Terrador the earth guardian, did you know that Terrador is the second in command next to Ignitus" said Volteer although everyone tried to ignore his rambling.
"Spyro this is not going to be an easy mission, Terrador is being held at Munitions forge, it is one of the Dark armies most heavily defended bases, is it used as a mine where the apes collect most of the metal for their weapons" said Ignitus.
"Wonderful, is there anything else like a giant monster we should be aware of" asked Sparks sarcastically, Ignitus sighed "Munitions forge is also home to a large unstable volcano known as Boyzitbig, you must be carful that volcano could erupt at any time" he said, Sparks's face turned white with fear.
"Please tell me that there's at least some kind of tribe we can save and become the gods of" said Sparks, "The only people who live near the area are the Manweersmalls, they are a peaceful people who live in small towns just out of reach of the volcano, I can only hope that they have been spared from the Ape's cruelty" said Ignitus.
"Perfect this sounds like the perfect holiday destination" said Sparks, "Spyro, Munitions forge is more dangerous than anywhere you have previously been, if you what to decline this mission I will understand" said Ignitus though he know what Spyro's answer would been.
"Don't worry Ignitus I can handle it" said Spyro, Ignitus sighed "Very well young dragon, good luck and please be careful" he said, Spyro ran to the nearest balcony and began to fly away from the temple and towards Munitions forge with Sparks following close behind.
Ignitus sighed one last time as he approached the pool of visions, he know how dangerous this mission was and had decided to use the pool to observe Spyro's progress and make sure he was safe.